Month: February 2022

5:12 PM ET ESPN News Services LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville leading scorer and rebounder Malik Williams will return to the team this week from suspension for not upholding program standards, interim coach Mike Pegues announced Monday. The fifth-year senior forward did not play against Syracuse or North Carolina following last week’s suspension that Pegues announced
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5:21 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee starting forward Olivier Nkamhoua will have surgery on his left ankle that is expected to sideline him for the remainder of the season. “It’s sad for all of us,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said of losing Nkamhoua. “He’s become such a huge part of our program
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4:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Miguel Berchelt and Jeremiah Nakathila have agreed to a deal for a March 26 lightweight fight, sources told ESPN. The bout will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at a location to be determined, sources said. Berchelt (38-2, 34 KOs) will now campaign at 135 pounds after he lost his
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3:57 PM ET Caitlin Murray Sarah Fuller made history as a Vanderbilt placekicker in 2020. Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sarah Fuller, the former Vanderbilt kicker who made history as the first woman to play and score in a Power 5 college football game, has signed her first professional contract in soccer. Fuller will join
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4:41 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray will make their NBA All-Star Game debuts after being named as injury replacements by commissioner Adam Silver on Monday. Ball will take the spot of Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, while Murray will sub for Golden State Warriors
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3:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement, two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity Monday
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3:35 PM ET Video surveillance shows New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara punching a man approximately eight times before Kamara’s associates proceeded to stomp on him several more times on the ground in a Las Vegas casino Saturday morning, according to the police report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Kamara was later
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3:09 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Auburn University acknowledged on Monday that the school is making expanded inquiries into the tenure of football coach Bryan Harsin. In a statement that doesn’t mention Harsin by name, the university said it is “collecting information from a variety of perspectives, including our student-athletes.” This extends the awkward limbo of
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2:49 PM ET The Houston Texans are expected to hire Lovie Smith as their next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Field Yates on Monday. Smith was the Texans’ associate head coach and defensive coordinator this past season. Smith replaces David Culley, who was fired by the Texans in mid-January, less than one
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1:11 PM ET ATLANTA — Falcons director of pro personnel Steve Sabo is leaving the organization after 12 years, the franchise announced Monday. Sabo, in a statement released by the team, said it was a mutual decision with general manager Terry Fontenot, who was hired last year to replace Thomas Dimitroff. Sabo called it “time
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12:00 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers will finally have an experienced coach running their special teams. They are expected to hire veteran special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia, who most recently served as the Raiders‘ interim head coach. A source said Monday that an announcement is coming soon after some final details are
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12:30 PM ET Associated Press Auburn remained No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week, while Texas Tech cracked the top 10 and Murray State joined the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years. Bruce Pearl’s Tigers earned 48 of 61 first-place votes to stay ahead
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12:42 PM ET Star freshman and potential top-10 pick Shaedon Sharpe won’t play for Kentucky this season, John Calipari announced Monday. Sharpe graduated from Dream City Christian (Arizona) early and enrolled for the spring semester at Kentucky – with the expectation he would only practice with the team and then play in games next season.
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11:11 AM ET ESPN News Services COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine temporarily renamed three state parks Monday in honor of the Super Bowl-bound Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals play the Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles on Sunday. DeWine said he renamed Burr Oak State Park in southeastern Ohio “Burrow Oak State Park” in
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11:03 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The inaugural NBA HBCU Classic between Howard and Morgan State will be televised nationally as part of All-Star weekend festivities as the league expands support of historically Black colleges and universities. The Feb. 19 game will be broadcast on TNT and ESPN2 from Wolstein Center, Cleveland State’s home
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